Comments on: Friday Night Fights: Black Friday Brawl! http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:10:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Earlofthercs http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17367 Earlofthercs Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:19:49 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17367 As a long time member of a couple of bands (inluding, I guess the drinking too much that sometimes goes with it, though I got over that 6 years ago) and a (also realtively recovering) role-playing (both paper and video-game) fanantic, I'd have to say the first time I read Scot Pilgrim my immediate reaction was that it was the most realistic and easy to relate to comic book I'd ever read. To those who don't get it, we probably wouldn't be friends in real life. But this is the internet, so there's still hope. And Batman 681 was awesome. As a long time member of a couple of bands (inluding, I guess the drinking too much that sometimes goes with it, though I got over that 6 years ago) and a (also realtively recovering) role-playing (both paper and video-game) fanantic, I’d have to say the first time I read Scot Pilgrim my immediate reaction was that it was the most realistic and easy to relate to comic book I’d ever read. To those who don’t get it, we probably wouldn’t be friends in real life. But this is the internet, so there’s still hope.

And Batman 681 was awesome.

]]> By: Michael http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17355 Michael Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:33:21 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17355 Y'know that freaky reindeer thing that Scott comes across? It's all true. I've seen it myself. Here's a picture someone took: http://tinyurl.com/6rzsea Y’know that freaky reindeer thing that Scott comes across?

It’s all true. I’ve seen it myself.

Here’s a picture someone took: http://tinyurl.com/6rzsea

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17333 Jonathan Badger Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:14:55 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17333 Honest Ed's is a particularly appropriate store for a comic because they have kept up the nearly obsolete art of sign painting -- all those price signs on the bins are hand lettered, even today. Honest Ed’s is a particularly appropriate store for a comic because they have kept up the nearly obsolete art of sign painting — all those price signs on the bins are hand lettered, even today.

]]> By: Prankster http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17331 Prankster Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:57:04 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17331 Yes, that is an actual sign in Honest Ed's. That store is where good taste and sanity go to die. Yes, that is an actual sign in Honest Ed’s. That store is where good taste and sanity go to die.

]]> By: Chris Sims http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17321 Chris Sims Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:22:16 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17321 <i>Still, the Black Glove makes the Ten-Eyed Man look like Dr. Doom.</i> You're so wrong that you had to go live on a square planet with crazy mixed-up laws. Still, the Black Glove makes the Ten-Eyed Man look like Dr. Doom.

You’re so wrong that you had to go live on a square planet with crazy mixed-up laws.

]]> By: Matthew E http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17315 Matthew E Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:35:26 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17315 That's a pretty accurate depiction of Honest Ed's. It probably *does* have a sign that reads, "Buy Something, Will Ya?" After all, it's got signs that say everything else. That’s a pretty accurate depiction of Honest Ed’s. It probably *does* have a sign that reads, “Buy Something, Will Ya?” After all, it’s got signs that say everything else.

]]> By: Steve http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17306 Steve Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:18:12 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17306 Chris, Whether we agree or not, I love you because this is actually the most intelligent ocnversation I've had about the comic. Still, the Black Glove makes the Ten-Eyed Man look like Dr. Doom. Chris,

Whether we agree or not, I love you because this is actually the most intelligent ocnversation I’ve had about the comic.

Still, the Black Glove makes the Ten-Eyed Man look like Dr. Doom.

]]> By: Patrick C. http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17296 Patrick C. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:51:42 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17296 I love Scott Pilgrim to death, but I don't think it's wise to try to sell it to everybody — much like superhero comics, it portrays a stylized reality that's simply not to everybody's taste. But whereas superhero comics seem descended from adolescent power fantasies, Scott Pilgrim plays more like aimless twenty-something hipster fantasy. If it had more fixed gear bicycles it'd be perfect. Personally, I think it's funny and heartfelt if sometimes too cute by half, but O'Malley's a great cartoonist and some of the better throwaway moments make the book worth reading all on their own. O'Malley's little info boxes (which, love him though I do, Fraction wishes he could do half as well in Uncanny X-Men) always crack me up, and I think I laughed for a solid ten minutes at the throwaway New Pornographers reference in Volume 2. I love Scott Pilgrim to death, but I don’t think it’s wise to try to sell it to everybody — much like superhero comics, it portrays a stylized reality that’s simply not to everybody’s taste. But whereas superhero comics seem descended from adolescent power fantasies, Scott Pilgrim plays more like aimless twenty-something hipster fantasy. If it had more fixed gear bicycles it’d be perfect.

Personally, I think it’s funny and heartfelt if sometimes too cute by half, but O’Malley’s a great cartoonist and some of the better throwaway moments make the book worth reading all on their own. O’Malley’s little info boxes (which, love him though I do, Fraction wishes he could do half as well in Uncanny X-Men) always crack me up, and I think I laughed for a solid ten minutes at the throwaway New Pornographers reference in Volume 2.

]]> By: Chris Sims http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17287 Chris Sims Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:55:42 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17287 <i>Well if we can ask about this week’s stuff here. Did your store get the new Mouse Guard?</I> Nope, we sure didn't. <i>DUDE, Thor: MAn of War came out and I need to know if you think it was metal..er than Reign of Blood or not</i> It's hard to top Reign of Blood, but if MAN OF WAR didn't do it, it came pretty damn close. It's kind of like how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MBK3T4?ie=UTF8&tag=chrissinvinci-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001MBK3T4" rel="nofollow">Mob Rules</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=chrissinvinci-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001MBK3T4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> sort of hits its rock-peak in the middle (with "Mob Rules") but then even the kind of slow, cool-down songs still bring the thunder at the end. <i>I just have to know: with Matt Fraction’s Thor, Batman 681, Umbrella Academy, and Castle Waiting’s thrilling bowling conclusion, what would have been ISB’s Best of the Week?</I> All good choices--except that I don't read Castle Waiting--but I think I'd have to go with Batman. Loved it! <i>Sure, taken on its own, it was fun, but as a part of the much-hyped and drastically better paced RIP as a whole, I thought it was rushed, lacking, and, well, bad. </I> You're so wrong that if this was a game show and you were a contestant, you would have to give <b>me</B> money. Well if we can ask about this week’s stuff here. Did your store get the new Mouse Guard?

Nope, we sure didn’t.

DUDE, Thor: MAn of War came out and I need to know if you think it was metal..er than Reign of Blood or not

It’s hard to top Reign of Blood, but if MAN OF WAR didn’t do it, it came pretty damn close. It’s kind of like how Mob Rules sort of hits its rock-peak in the middle (with “Mob Rules”) but then even the kind of slow, cool-down songs still bring the thunder at the end.

I just have to know: with Matt Fraction’s Thor, Batman 681, Umbrella Academy, and Castle Waiting’s thrilling bowling conclusion, what would have been ISB’s Best of the Week?

All good choices–except that I don’t read Castle Waiting–but I think I’d have to go with Batman. Loved it!

Sure, taken on its own, it was fun, but as a part of the much-hyped and drastically better paced RIP as a whole, I thought it was rushed, lacking, and, well, bad.

You’re so wrong that if this was a game show and you were a contestant, you would have to give me money.

]]> By: Steve http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17286 Steve Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=827#comment-17286 That's what I was shooting for... Sort of the "good" Morrison effect. You really liked it? I mean, seriously? Sure, taken on its own, it was fun, but as a part of the much-hyped and drastically better paced RIP as a whole, I thought it was rushed, lacking, and, well, bad. Finding out that all the weirdness and "clues" that had the internet and fanboys squawking were the Joker "screwing around", and Batman had it all figured out (which is what I was HOPING for all along, but doesn't make any sense) just pulled the rug out from under the whole deal. Can't wait to see your take in full (hopefully). Maybe it will give me a different perspective... Or maybe you will be so baffling that it will just SEEM like I should have enjoyed it. That’s what I was shooting for… Sort of the “good” Morrison effect. You really liked it? I mean, seriously?

Sure, taken on its own, it was fun, but as a part of the much-hyped and drastically better paced RIP as a whole, I thought it was rushed, lacking, and, well, bad. Finding out that all the weirdness and “clues” that had the internet and fanboys squawking were the Joker “screwing around”, and Batman had it all figured out (which is what I was HOPING for all along, but doesn’t make any sense) just pulled the rug out from under the whole deal.

Can’t wait to see your take in full (hopefully). Maybe it will give me a different perspective… Or maybe you will be so baffling that it will just SEEM like I should have enjoyed it.

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